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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton

“So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate; there plant eyes”

John Milton (spoken by Narrator)

Paradise Lost, Book III (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)

Portrait of John Milton

In the invocation to holy Light, the blind poet asks for inward sight in place of the seasons and faces he can no longer see.

Citation: "So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate; there plant eyes" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q6)

Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.

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